Wordstruck! (eBook)

The Fun and Fascination of Language

Susanna Janssen (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018 | 2. Auflage
368 Seiten
Susan Janssen (Verlag)
978-0-9983048-3-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Do languages and cultures fascinate you? Do you love words?Welcome to Susanna Janssen's wondrous world of words.Wordstruck! will entertain you with a wealth of humorous and insightful reflections on language and cultures. Dive in anywhere and delve into everything from cockney slang to terms of endearment around the world; from the genius of Shakespeare to foreign translations gone riotously bad; from why we say ';hello' when answering the phone to why there are several hundred Arabic words in our language.Discover fascinating word origins, fall in love with metaphor and malapropisms, learn how to spot liars through their words, uncover the secrets to building the brain like a muscle, and find out what really goes on behind foreign language classroom doors.Have a love affair with the lexiconLet Wordstruck! feed your brain, warm your heart, and tickle your funny bone.Wordstruck! is the 2017 winner of three national awards including First place in the Humor category of the Next Generation Indie Book Awards.

Inhalt

Contents CHAPTER ONELife and Language in the USA The Tower of Scrabble BabelYou Say Goodbye and I Say HelloThe US and “Them” View of the WorldMinding the Metaphor, Part IMinding the Metaphor, Part IILet’s Play the Dictionary Game!Pants on FireHow Are You Fixed for Time and Money CHAPTER TWOWhence These Words The Herd MentalityShakespeare: The Legacy in His Lines, Part IShakespeare: The Legacy in His Lines, Part IIOn the Trail of Word Origins, Part IOn the Trail of Word Origins, Part IIOn the Trail of Word Origins, Part IIIThe Familiarity of ForeignThe Scholar’s Ink and the Martyr’s Blood CHAPTER THREEGrammar Grievances, Malaprop Muddles, and Pronunciation Pickles Inconstant Consonant and Sudden Vowel MovementsGrammurder in the First DegreeGrammurder in the Second DegreeThe Law of SchwaThe Abdominal Snowman on the Cal-Can HighwayInto the Prepositional Fray CHAPTER FOURWindows on the World It’s All Bubble and Squeak to MeLost (but Not Forgotten) in TranslationWe Don’t Have a Word for It, Part IWe Don’t Have a Word for It, Part IINews from the World of WordsSpeaking of TonguesPigments of our ImaginationBetween the Sword and the WallThe Language PoliceRum and Revolution, Part IRum and Revolution, Part II CHAPTER FIVEThe Wonders of the Bilingual Brain Riding the Silver TsunamiThe Best Brain ElixirThe Blooming BrainThe Tongue May Stumble, But the Brain PurrsThe Job Seeker’s Competitive Edge CHAPTER SIXA Life in Words Make Love Not WarDon the Noose for BiscuitsAll About Me, the SequelAll About Me, Prequel IAll About Me, Prequel IIEz Dakite Euskaraz Hitz Egiten Duzu?The Cure by Feeding of EarwormsA Girl (Not) Named SueBehind Closed Classroom Doors, Part IBehind Closed Classroom Doors, Part IIBehind Closed Classroom Doors, Part III CHAPTER SEVENMarking Moments in the Year High Notes on Highway 99May Your Days Be Merry and BrightHave a Feliz Navidad and a Diglot New YearAnd the Word of the Year is…“Reach Out” and “Open Your Kimono”: A Lexical Review of 2015The Secret to Everything, Part IThe Secret to Everything, Part IIAround the World in Cupid’s QuiverMary and the Merry Month of MayThe Yodeling Dutchman: A Father’s Day Tribute

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.6.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga ► Humor / Satire
• Schlagworte: Cultures • etymology • Humor • language • vocabulary • Words
• ISBN-10: 0-9983048-3-2 / 0998304832
• ISBN-13: 978-0-9983048-3-0 / 9780998304830